Blonde Grizzly and R&R Gallery are teaming up to bring you "And Then There Were Three" a show by Justin Fry, Kipp Hinkley and Peter Line as well as guest artists at Ulysses in Salt Lake City. Here's a little bit about these epic artists.
Justin Fry
In contemporary life we are surrounded by excess and over-stimulation, subject to the overwhelming flooding of our senses. This is the present condition that we are required to navigate, one which results in a loss of sharpness of sensory experience. We have become a product of this heavily designed environment as it contributes to and constructs our belief systems and identities. My work mixes key elements of these visual languages that reflect my culture and that are used as beacons within the visual white noise that has surrounded me throughout my life. These elements combine to create fractured hybrid characters that demonstrate the possibility that we are all now fractured individuals taking on parts of our designed environments. Researching my memories has begun to show me clues to what effect my cultural surroundings have had on me, both positive and negative. Viewing old cartoons, comics, film, magazines and art catalogs, I hunt for bits of “punctum” that attract me, and I organize these bits to be used as a foundation to build a painting upon. These images can be very strong symbols that may hold significant meaning, or they may be attractive to me simply because I have seen them many times in my life, causing them to have been burned into my subconscious. After collecting, I begin to hunt for new uses for this familiar subject matter and begin stretching and distorting the images, using their recognizable features as a place of departure for my creative process. My paintings are a record of this process.
Kipp Hinkley
Spent his youth amid the cacti and peppers in New Mexico, which means he ain't scared of snakes and he knows how to spell Albuquerque. Kipp headed north and west and settled in Seattle. Most of his early work featured the Space Needle, but after constant rejection from postcard companies and calendar manufacturers alike, Kipp turned his lens toward less lofty things. Like people with beards and dirty fingernails. These subjects became so fascinating to Kipp that after a few years he grew a beard of his own and joined the mass exodus of underemployed late-twenty-somethings from Seattle to Portland. Kipp hates text messaging, spelling (except Albuquerque of course), returning phone calls and reading (this is why he takes pictures). In his spare time he enjoys growing his beard, getting small tattoos, making hot sauce, listening to the ranting of homeless people, devil's advocacy and spending time with children.
Peter Line
In the mid-nineties the snowboard film "The Hard, the Hungry, and the Homeless" came out and hence revealed Peter Line, snowboard star who would impact the sport beyond his innovative trickery, riding style and four X-games gold medals. Peter Line is credited for inventing some of today's staple tricks like backside rodeos and backside corkscrews, but Peter Line also built an small snowboarding empire with his brands Forum and Foursquare and the iconic athletes and films they budded. Some of the most iconic riders of our time were chosen by Peter Line to ride for Forum and with iconic riders came iconic movies. Simple Pleasures, Technical Difficulties, Decade, The Resistance, True Life, and a bevy of team videos followed. Peter Line continues to contribute to Forum and Foursquare (through it's Burton acquisition) with clothing and graphic designs. In addition to riding, getting shots and film segments, Peter Line is the only pro rider on staff at Snowboarder Mag. He writes a monthly column for the mag and even his writing remind us why he's so cool he was able to convince us all not only that a pink snowboard covered in rainbows was cool, but masculine. Now that's influence. Peter also paints on occasion.
In contemporary life we are surrounded by excess and over-stimulation, subject to the overwhelming flooding of our senses. This is the present condition that we are required to navigate, one which results in a loss of sharpness of sensory experience. We have become a product of this heavily designed environment as it contributes to and constructs our belief systems and identities. My work mixes key elements of these visual languages that reflect my culture and that are used as beacons within the visual white noise that has surrounded me throughout my life. These elements combine to create fractured hybrid characters that demonstrate the possibility that we are all now fractured individuals taking on parts of our designed environments. Researching my memories has begun to show me clues to what effect my cultural surroundings have had on me, both positive and negative. Viewing old cartoons, comics, film, magazines and art catalogs, I hunt for bits of “punctum” that attract me, and I organize these bits to be used as a foundation to build a painting upon. These images can be very strong symbols that may hold significant meaning, or they may be attractive to me simply because I have seen them many times in my life, causing them to have been burned into my subconscious. After collecting, I begin to hunt for new uses for this familiar subject matter and begin stretching and distorting the images, using their recognizable features as a place of departure for my creative process. My paintings are a record of this process.
Kipp Hinkley
Spent his youth amid the cacti and peppers in New Mexico, which means he ain't scared of snakes and he knows how to spell Albuquerque. Kipp headed north and west and settled in Seattle. Most of his early work featured the Space Needle, but after constant rejection from postcard companies and calendar manufacturers alike, Kipp turned his lens toward less lofty things. Like people with beards and dirty fingernails. These subjects became so fascinating to Kipp that after a few years he grew a beard of his own and joined the mass exodus of underemployed late-twenty-somethings from Seattle to Portland. Kipp hates text messaging, spelling (except Albuquerque of course), returning phone calls and reading (this is why he takes pictures). In his spare time he enjoys growing his beard, getting small tattoos, making hot sauce, listening to the ranting of homeless people, devil's advocacy and spending time with children.
Peter Line
In the mid-nineties the snowboard film "The Hard, the Hungry, and the Homeless" came out and hence revealed Peter Line, snowboard star who would impact the sport beyond his innovative trickery, riding style and four X-games gold medals. Peter Line is credited for inventing some of today's staple tricks like backside rodeos and backside corkscrews, but Peter Line also built an small snowboarding empire with his brands Forum and Foursquare and the iconic athletes and films they budded. Some of the most iconic riders of our time were chosen by Peter Line to ride for Forum and with iconic riders came iconic movies. Simple Pleasures, Technical Difficulties, Decade, The Resistance, True Life, and a bevy of team videos followed. Peter Line continues to contribute to Forum and Foursquare (through it's Burton acquisition) with clothing and graphic designs. In addition to riding, getting shots and film segments, Peter Line is the only pro rider on staff at Snowboarder Mag. He writes a monthly column for the mag and even his writing remind us why he's so cool he was able to convince us all not only that a pink snowboard covered in rainbows was cool, but masculine. Now that's influence. Peter also paints on occasion.
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